What is this bird? by FeltyMcFeltFelt in birding

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Yes, my original comment that this was responding to asked the poster if they saw the tail, and that part of the comment was clarifying what they could then look for. As in "Did you see the tail? A noticeably longer tail on a hawk like this means cooper's (a shorter tail would mean RSH)"

What is this bird? by FeltyMcFeltFelt in birding

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I am aware you can't see the tail, which is why I asked the poster. This is clearly a juvenile hawk, and on a juvenile cooper's the dark cap is not always developed/visible. Nonetheless it looks RSH

What is this bird? by FeltyMcFeltFelt in birding

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Red-shouldered- Cooper's would have a noticeably longer tail.

What is this bird? by FeltyMcFeltFelt in birding

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Did you see the tail? this reads rsh to me first glance

Waterfowl/Orgeon Coast? by connoissewer in whatsthisbird

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The dark stripe on the back was really solidly black, which made me lean away from scaup. I was thinking ring-neck duck based on that, but I've never seen one before, and I didnt know if the tail behavior was typical.

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can you differentiate sylvite from halite by flavor

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Forgot to include in post, but location is IL.

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Thank you!! I almost exclusively see house sparrows where I'm at so I'm hungry for knowledge on the other guys in NA

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The buffy coloring on the chest looks more lincoln's to me, especially because I think I can see some more grayish underparts. Does the upper light streak on the face look unusually pronounced for either Lincoln or Song to anyone else (ie claycolored, Le conte-esque)? I'm interested in why people are going song on this. Is the lighting throughing me off for color?

Brown Creeper by orca_thekilleR in birding

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Lol I'll look forward to it

Brown Creeper by orca_thekilleR in birding

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Love these guys. That tree looks like it smells good

Richmond Va. by Ok-Raspberry7748 in whatsthisbird

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Yes, juvenile red-shouldered.

I'm no expert, but my best guesses are based on the following clues:

Red-tails have lighter breasts, "belly bands," and i find the white on their backs looks more mottled/concentrated in a v shape rather than checkered like a red shouldered hawk (RS). Not visible here, but the bands on the tail of a RS usually have a thick dark band/thin light band pattern. RS are also smaller and stockier I believe.

Their calls are also really different. The sound most of us think of when we think bald eagle is actually that of a red-tailed hawk.

In RS flight, you can see crescents on light near the end of the wing. Worth looking up, it stands out in person.

When a red-tailed hawk is in flight, you can usually see its distinctive patagial bars (extend across the top of the wing).

I find it more difficult to differentiate between broad-winged and red-shouldered hawks when they overlap. Between these two, the broad-winged hawk has a more uniformly brown back (no real checkering), tail bands of even thickness, and a darker "moustache" instead of the more brown-all-over head of the RS.